I again politely declined, but was good enough to point him in Fester's direction so he could be pestered about the non-functional video screen. |
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They greeted me with a hug and then politely exchanged handshakes with Jake. |
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For once, however, the skewers had been properly soaked before they hit the grill and could therefore be politely shared out. |
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A welcoming friend, he would always look at a manuscript or sit up for hours to listen politely to a barmy argument. |
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I typed a politely worded memo to his physicians, giving a bit of advice on how to care for him. |
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Aaron toes the ground with sincere humility, politely waiting out the pleasantries so he can get back to the field. |
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If he was awake and saw me he would spring up, bow low and kiss my hand, enquiring politely after Bulent Bey Efendi and myself. |
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I would go with my dad to awards banquets, where we would politely eat cold chicken, hard green peas, and a block of Neapolitan ice cream. |
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In town, Julia dares to ask Cole to lunch with her family, and is embarrassed when he politely turns her down. |
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The small audience of midweek drinkers applauds politely as he and his band play Madonna covers. |
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He wrote back, politely pointing out that I had misquoted him and inviting me to lunch. |
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He said all this politely, but there was something unfeeling and mocking in his tone. |
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When the phone is eventually answered, I'm politely told that, because they're so busy, they can't deal with any queries. |
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To my surprise, she was actually twiddling her thumbs while looking around herself, a politely bored expression on her face. |
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Unfortunately, his feelings were unreciprocated, and Mrs. McKensey had been politely fending off his amorous advances ever since. |
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Top-hatted footmen guard the entrances, sneering politely at the clientele and keeping the passing rabble at bay. |
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It was said that people sat through two complete showings but the usherettes politely asked them to leave. |
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Somewhere, I have a bunch of photos I took in London of signs politely and verbosely requesting the viewer's compliance. |
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She politely told him to bug off and returned to the breakfast table to finish the comics. |
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He waited until she was out of breath and the collar of her shirt was vinaceous with blood, and politely offered help. |
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For an agonizing 20 minutes, he politely fielded a volley of impertinent questions. |
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These two vulgarians were politely asked to desist, but resumed their irritating chatter one minute later. |
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My father had invited the entourage to stay to lunch, but they refused politely. |
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They have politely issued complaints, but they mostly have eschewed fingerpointing for handwringing. |
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Traditionally speaking, it's the Republicans that are said to be the party that hangs together more decisively, more politely than the Democrats. |
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A group of friends are havering politely in what looks like a social situation. |
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I politely told her that since she had clearly catfished me I was going to have to pass on going out. |
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There was a hospital orderly in the elevator and they politely smiled at each other and Carla continued. |
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Be sure to politely say no thank you the next time someone offers to serve you large helping of meat pie at the dinner table. |
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The fact that she owned a string of race horses could be politely overlooked. |
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He and his four-piece band begin politely enough, with the jaunty, aw-shucks acoustic strum of Joanna. |
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George turned and smiled politely as he made a sharp right turn out of the subdivision, ramming Isabella into her husband. |
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If the hotel is overbooked, stay put by the front desk and politely but firmly ask a supervisor for a room. |
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He listened politely while she engaged him in several minutes of overly tactile conversation. |
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In Germany itself the authorities are politely asking the local neo-Nazis not to march around giving Hitler salutes during the tournament. |
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When it finally surfaced, other journalists politely chided him and dropped the subject. |
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She sipped her drink politely and daintily, her dress swishing as she moved forward once finished. |
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He listens politely and patiently to Dabii's request, with a smile of sympathy and understanding. |
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And they clapped politely when we scored, instead of screaming at the referee! |
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She smiled politely and pointed to the telephones and asked me whether I had been set up with a password to use it. |
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Quickly identifying the venue, I politely greet the doorman, before signing in the guest book. |
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Instead of throwing the penny in the miser's face, as others had done, Rabbi Schneur Zalman thanked the man politely and turned to leave. |
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You should approach your family members politely first and explain the impermissibility of their actions. |
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Several children remained politely outside, staring in silent fascination at this new visitor in their midst. |
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Somehow it came out that he was seventy years old, a fact that my father repeated politely for my mother and me. |
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It doesn't address the thorny issue of politely informing him that phubbing is obnoxious. |
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They chattered politely for a few minutes, and then Will cruelly suggested that Clara entertain them on the pianoforte. |
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He answers questions thoughtfully and politely, always thanking the questioner first when a compliment is offered. |
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She cares what the people close to her think, but to put it more politely than she would, she doesn't give a fig what the rest of us think. |
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At the check-out the attendant politely asked the customer if she required a plastic bag for the milk. |
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After the introductions were done they exchanged pleasantries with Caitlyn who answered politely to all of them. |
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It shall be like one of those period dramas, with guests conversing politely in the drawing room whilst Kate plonks away in the next room. |
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She politely started to make conversation and the trio were laughing within minutes. |
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Someone, perhaps unaware of my disposition at the moment, politely asked what I thought of the film. |
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He excused himself politely and left in great haste, as if he felt he were unwelcome. |
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In the third act, the Prince politely waltzes with six prospective brides chosen by the Queen Mother. |
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In Courbet's painting, the patron politely extends his hat in the direction of his guest. |
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She politely explains to her baby sister which of them is first in line to succeed their father. |
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With an oversized sweater hanging from his portly frame, Peterson waved and flashed a forced grin as the crowd applauded politely. |
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A pale hand extended from between the dark folds of his loose robe, and Cassari's fingers brushed against his as they politely shook hands. |
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There he stood, bowing politely like a grand Lord at the court of an Empress. |
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The sole woman inside washing hands at the sink politely and courteously showed me out. |
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He should have politely and with great courtesy informed the Government that he wanted no such State reception. |
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We were crisply ushered to the plush elevator that politely transported us vertically to the top. |
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Yet when the train settles against the platform and the passengers disembark I actually find myself politely gesturing him to board ahead of me. |
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A waiter approached them with glasses of champagne but both of them declined politely. |
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We'd even asked Tony if he'd like to move in with us, but he'd politely declined the offer. |
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We chatted for a while, and I politely declined his offer of a drink in the pub after work. |
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I politely declined her invitation and excused myself, lying and saying that I, also, had other plans. |
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Toby sat beside Kate and offered her some of his candy bar, but she smiled and declined politely. |
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Kimi just looks politely bored, waiting to get on with his interrupted conversation. |
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What fun it was interviewing them as they politely wished me a last goodbye and headed for the hills. |
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After drinking her water and listening to Greta talk about her new grandbabies, Abbey politely told her that she needed to get some sleep. |
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I asked politely if I could take notes on the diaries, diplomatically offering him a week to consider before calling again to get his answer. |
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As they converse politely, a waiter glides up and asks if they'd like anything else. |
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But when relaxed, he is charming, deferring politely to opinions with which he disagrees and displaying a conscientious desire to understand. |
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The English spectators, respecting his determination to make an end of himself, stood politely by and let him drown. |
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I declined politely and then ducked into the nearest shop just to escape him. |
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The soldiers surrounded it, knocked on the door, and politely but forcefully made their entry. |
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I took the form back to the dole office and enquired, ever so politely, why they had filled it in incorrectly. |
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Zack was quiet, then at a good moment he intervened and politely excused us and took me on a quick tour of the house. |
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The teacher excused him politely, and asked the class to return to their seats. |
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Ryla politely asked to be excused and returned to her diligent watch over Moon. |
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After finding the employee who called his name, he politely excused himself and disappeared. |
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Needless to say, I put on my best smile and shook each of their hands, answering their questions politely before excusing myself to my room. |
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And we politely excused ourselves and scheduled another date for that shoot. |
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He politely excuses himself, explaining that he hasn't slept a wink in the past two days. |
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Fortunately, Scott had enough composure to be able to excuse himself politely. |
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I politely made my excuses as I headed off leaving the two gents of the night to their business. |
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I presumed you would politely make your excuses and leave, the moment my world became calm, normal, mundane. |
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Intriguingly, the author of this cataclysmic theatrical moment politely refused to engage in either explanations or expositions about his work. |
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My hostess was a woman dressed in exquisite taste, friendly but politely distant. |
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After knocking politely on the door, I stepped inside and dropped my trousers. |
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Community, whether caustic or politely consensual, has an odd knack of seeming a bridge too far. |
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He politely checked the mobile with a quick glance each time, then continued without a pause. |
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Tyler, who wore a politely puzzled expression, sat very comfortably on the couch, with one leg resting on top of the other. |
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To be honest, if someone came into the loos and asked politely to jump the queue, I would rarely refuse. |
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If you've never been there before, just follow the sign, don't jump the queue and order your drink politely. |
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As Ken surveyed my body, revulsion led my retreat into our kitchenette, where I politely excused myself. |
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Meanwhile the plate of spare sausage and rashers of bacon was being politely offered around the table. |
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I politely refused at first, but after their urgings I finally shamefacedly admitted that I could only eat food cooked with bottled water. |
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A mission from Pope Innocent IV in 1246 to the Mongol great khan was politely received but the message back invited the pope to submit. |
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If something creepy appeared on the television he would get to his feet and politely leave, taking to his heels like a scalded cat. |
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The reason that I mention it was that it came with a politely worded suggestion that I should change my browser. |
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Some people called with pianos beyond repair, and we politely had to refuse them. |
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But you have to hunt around in the stock which is arranged, to put it politely, somewhat anarchically. |
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Our friends politely take their leave and we spend the rest of the night zombifying in front of the telly. |
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I sat as politely as possible through an extended retrospective of her paintings. |
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But the settlers had come to like living along the shores of Tor Bay, and they politely declined. |
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Five middle-aged businessmen in a desert landscape politely stand before a Middle Eastern man wearing a turban and robe. |
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As the police officer walked toward her, she rolled her window down and smiled politely. |
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Trace and I were linked arm in arm, waiting politely for some people to enter before we made our way out. |
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The man nodded politely to us as they passed and Angus returned the salutation. |
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All the while, Adam was politely giving autographs and smiling graciously to the fans and admirers. |
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Mathewson politely suggested that long tenures were not necessarily synonymous with a lack of independence. |
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However, since the event was a testimonial to the life and work of the artist, most informed criticism was politely avoided. |
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I do find it's good practice to be politely skeptical about unsupported historical claims that happen to align themselves with the claimer's philosophical or political ends. |
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Anyway, she told this joke that I thought was so funny I hooted with laughter, which was quite embarrassing as the rest of the audience only tittered politely. |
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With faux courtesy, he politely suggested that Smith was being optimistic. |
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Similarly, if a colleague asks you to help out with a project and you're already overloaded, politely defer, offering your assistance at a later date. |
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Why would hardened soldiers, quite willing to commit a suicide bombing, politely exchange information for leniency? |
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I intimate these things to Ed, my mailman, who nods politely. |
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He was politely told to get a steady girlfriend and settle down. |
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Its wide, gently chiseled shape features wheel arches that ride low and snugly over the tires. The massive prow politely but firmly clears the way. |
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In fact, I'd like to think that, were the incident to recur today, I would politely shove him to the ground, dole out a few sweet phrases, and send him packing. |
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I politely curtsied and hurried off the stage to meet up with my friends. |
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That possibility came to an end at the June 10 council meeting during a debate which started out politely, became lively and ended up in a shouting match. |
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Or perhaps the remark was a mere evasion, a way of saying politely to a prominent churchman that Africans desperately need to end the culture of impunity. |
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Frost lifts a fat cigar from the ashtray, and enquires politely if I mind. |
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Padma draped her first sari at the age of twelve, the age at which girls traditionally began to wear saris when they, as she politely puts it, matured. |
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Jack had no interest in having anyone assist him and if he had, a swiper of his earlier drawings was the last guy he'd have hired, so the offer was politely declined. |
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As they had all night, women responded by loudly ululating, and the men, even if they weren't quite sure where or what Lake Wobegon is, politely applauded. |
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The many cold-blooded murders for which Arafat was responsible in the course of his life were politely passed over in silence as they remained entirely unavenged. |
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Angela had only agreed to meet with Deidre to politely tell her she wouldn't be a part of dragging her brother through the mud as a cheap publicity stunt. |
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But it's such an infuriatingly bland blend of pop-psychology, unironic platitudes and meandering rock, I wouldn't stop at politely sweeping it under the rug. |
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At the time for my audition, I was politely ushered to the stage. |
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I had another chance to observe him when a bouncer from the nightclub across the street politely asked the teens to escort me around the corner to avoid attracting attention. |
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She offered him some imaginary tea, which he politely declined. |
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Jeremy broke a piece off for her and handed it to her very politely. |
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The Queen looked at him blankly, smiled and shrugged her shoulders politely as she turned and moved on. |
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Or, in Professor Gates' case, I can't decide whether to politely ask you to leave my house, or threaten to blitzkrieg your career. |
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The press politely looked the other way, never uttering a peep. |
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The soused starlet invited a fellow patron to take a hit in the bathroom, but was politely turned down when distinctive white crack smoke billowed from her glass pipe. |
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After politely considering the idea, Stewart declined, the magazine reported. |
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The broiges can only be resolved if you are willing to let bygones be bygones, realize that family is precious and make up your minds to act politely to each other. |
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Usually he could give them the brush-off, politely but firmly. |
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Its roof can politely be described as a victory for design over function. |
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We all clapped politely and a wave of whispers went through the crowd. |
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I just nodded politely while she prattled on until the vet called us in. |
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Memories of your relationship come flooding back and you spend a few days deciding if you should politely decline and send a nice gift, or keep your chin up and RSVP yes. |
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Individuals can learn to act politely, but they cannot become genteel unless their gentility is publicly acknowledged by persons who are themselves genteel. |
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From behind a curtain, Trudeau is politely coaching the actors through the scene, encouraging them to go bigger. |
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Alana smiled and politely excused herself from the receiving line. |
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Paulo politely excused himself noting the amount of work still left to do. |
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Since deviant behaviour can be associated with the wearing of baseball caps we are politely asking those people who enter our premises not to wear caps. |
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I explained that it was for my swollen hand, politely refraining from mentioning that it was their fellow nurses who had necessitated the elusive pillow. |
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Perhaps he would have had to have asked them, ever so politely, of course, if this was their first offence, or if this terrorism lark was becoming a bit of a habit? |
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I know they are in one of the bin liners I stuffed full of clothes when I was politely asked to vacate my hall of residence at the University of Westingshire. |
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Sitting back down, Brock politely requests a tube of Super Glue. |
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I answer politely and sit primly down onto the facing armchair. |
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Amanda in that moment made her excuses and politely left the room. |
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After their dance at the ball Kate had resigned herself to politely ignoring him and would most likely think him mad if he even brought up the subject of love. |
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I politely excused myself, saying that it had actually been a nice time. |
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Perhaps it was the violin's formidable heritage, or the choice of repertoire, which accounts for the politely reverential tone of much of the recording. |
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He left them as politely as possible, and with no hard feelings. |
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The boy coughed politely, the sound rumbling pleasantly in the back of this throat, and I realized that he was still waiting for me to grasp his hand. |
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Handing some money over, and nodding politely, she headed for the exit. |
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Amy's mother gave Mrs. Kung a strained smile and nodded politely. |
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Driving around the farm in his old pickup truck, my uncle would politely nod while I solved all the world's problems as only a loquacious 10-year-old can. |
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I politely disagree with the assertion that it was didactic and lengthy. |
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After the performance, Howard gave her a hug and politely bid her goodnight. |
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And then you take great satisfaction in politely leaving, going down the road, buying the top-line Merc and driving back to the original salesroom. |
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She said it so politely that there was no way I could possibly argue. |
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She smiled and she politely excused them from the painful conversation. |
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Contact with Mickie was never prolonged, when useful conversation was exhausted, he politely terminated the meeting avoiding boredom on either side. |
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The 20-year-old veered off the script and tore into New Labour, politely but firmly telling the most powerful man in Britain he was wrong, as he sat across the table. |
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Courtney, plumply likeable in a snug hat, looked politely bemused. |
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Once out of there, they walked around, just glancing around in the stores, occasionally, Jason would ask Sarah if she wanted anything but she politely declined the offer. |
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About half the crowd were silver-haired, sitting politely in rows, nodding at the testimonials being offered from the podium covering the vast breadth of Rankin's career. |
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Mrs. Ford would have politely told her critics to stow it, though she might have agreed with them on a thing or two. |
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Imagine my surprise when he failed to succumb to my charms and rather politely put me in a cab and sent me home without so much as a matey punch on the arm. |
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Dreyden shrugged brushed it off, politely giving him the finger. |
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But the bashful hero politely declined before going back to base. |
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She covers her mouth politely but continues to laugh discourteously. |
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I have politely declined invitations to parties, and with pouty lips and a grumpy expression, I shall be retiring to my bedchamber at a sensible hour. |
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The five paragraph theme is probably still the dominant model, even though it is politely dismissed by compositionist and rhetoricians. |
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Alan popped round too at lunchtime but I politely told him to hop it and call back later. He was a bit miffed but three was definitely a crowd. |
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Although he was received politely, the court of Philip III was unwilling to offer him any support. |
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Indeed, if people want to get what might politely be called steamingly drunk before taking a taxi home, that's a matter for them. |
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He got angry when I politely remonstrated with him about littering. |
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EastEnders sources said Adam was unfazed and would have happily posed if they had asked politely. |
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Demurely they poured drinks and politely tried to speak English. |
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Prabhakar is politely being asked to vacate his city and his home. |
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What do you do when you talk a mentch, ask politely for something you deserve and don't get it. Eventually you do something. |
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He never spoke publicly about the incident, and it was quickly sidelined by the press and politely ignored by writers during his lifetime. |
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To achieve the latter, he had to make many visits to the Russian Embassy in London and politely reiterate his request. |
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But he had to perform the rites of hospitality, had to behave politely to his ally. |
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The glance was politely unnoting, but in it there yet lurked, far back, the unmistakable quality of a caress. |
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Step away politely, apologise profusely, and find a taxi, pronto. |
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After their 2011 petition was politely declined, Bassett was upbeat. |
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Mr Newstead is hoping for better luck than in 2011 when the couple politely declined to accept a rocking horse he had sculpted as a wedding gift. |
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After the success of his First Symphony and Violin Concerto, his Second Symphony and Cello Concerto were politely received but without the earlier wild enthusiasm. |
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When presented with the invitation, Epstein politely declined on the band members' behalf, as it had never been his policy to accept such official invitations. |
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A boy that sat across me politely introduced himself as Jackson Klausner. |
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Wussy cry-babies, I thought, as I smiled politely at their sappy stories. |
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He politely declined, saying that he didn't have the experience. |
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Not wishing to offend his gracious Cochinese host, Cabral politely declines the invitations, promising only to visit those cities at some future date. |
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